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To limit or reduce the extent of one dataset by the extents or boundary of another.

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Clipping raster with vector boundaries using QGIS

In QGIS I would like to clip a raster precipitation layer using an admin boundary layer that is vector data. However the Geoprocessing tools seem to be usable only for vector data. How can I clip this ...
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Creating polygon feature class from area in one not covered by another using ArcGIS Desktop?

I am working on a project doing spatial analysis at a statewide level. I am looking at a form of transportation coverage in a state, and part of my analysis involves buffers and drive time polygons. I ...
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Clipping LAS data using shapefile polygons and open source software?

I am trying to clip or filter lidar files (.las, .xyz) using a shapefile that contains multiple polygons. Is there open source software that can do this spatial operation? My .las files are enormous,...
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Clipping line layer based on polygons with QGIS

I have a line layer and a polygon layer. Both files have the same SRS. I want in a new shape file only the lines covered by the polygons. I tried in QGIS the Vector -> Geoprocessing -> Clip ...
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Creating compressed GeoTIFF with QGIS Clipper tool?

I have a geo-tiff created by Pix4D which is about 375 Mb in file size. I have clipped it to a smaller area using Qgis 2.8(using Raster ‣ Extraction ‣ Clipper), and the output file is about 900 MB in ...
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Parallelising GIS operations in PyQGIS?

A common requirement in GIS is to apply a processing tool to a number of files or apply a process for a number of features in one file to another file. Much of these operations are embarrassingly ...
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Reading shapefile in Python [closed]

My question is an extension of Vertical lines in a polygon shapefile. There you will see a method of generating vertical lines with respect to the bounding box, at user-defined spacing. I understand ...
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Cutting features to do opposite of clipping in ArcGIS Desktop? [duplicate]

What´s the easiest/smartest way of getting the opposite output of the clipping tool? I just need the area of feature A1 which is not covered by feature A2 in a new Layer/File. Now, I get the result ...
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Increasing speed of crop, mask, & extract raster by many polygons in R?

I'm extracting the area and percent cover of different land use types from a raster based on several thousand polygon boundaries. I've found that the extract function works much faster if I iterate ...
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Performing reverse clip in ArcMap

Is there a way to perform a 'reverse' of the clip function in ArcMap? I am not exactly sure how to explain this so here is a diagram:
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Clip polygon and retain data?

I have these two polygons: library(sp); library(rgeos); library(maptools) coords1 <- matrix(c(-1.841960, -1.823464, -1.838623, -1.841960, 55.663696, 55.659178, 55.650841, 55....
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How do I clip OSM basemap with a polygon?

I've created a map in qgis 2.0. The map uses the OpenLayers plug-in to add the OSM layer as a basemap. I would like to restrict the basemap to be visible only inside a given polygon defined in a ...
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Batch Clip in ModelBuilder of ArcGIS for Desktop?

I have multiple rasters and feature classes that I want to clip to a study area. I am pretty new to ModelBuilder. I know you can right click the clip tool to batch clip outside of ModelBuilder but ...
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How to clip an Openlayers OSM Background to a Vector Boundary?

I'm new to QGIS. In my project i have two layers: one is my vector (city boundaries) and the other is the OSM (obtained with the plugin). How can I cut the OSM along the edges of the vector? I want to ...
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Clipping TileLayer with georeferenced polygon (clipping mask)

I would like to add a mask to clip layers (Tile) below in a way that only the part bounded by a ol.Feature (polygon or multipolygon) is visible and the rest is hidden (left white). The polygon is ...
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